On Night, New York by Lara Thompson -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

 

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS

It has been an exciting week around here! I was in Omaha with my sister last week, house hunting. After five days of looking, seeing a few houses, but being frustrated by the minimal available inventory, we found a perfect house for her on our way to the airport Monday morning! It was a pocket listing, so she really lucked out. She made an offer Tuesday that was accepted Wednesday and her house here in Oregon is for sale today with people looking at it already. Things are moving fast!

In the meantime, trial on the Boy Scouts proposed bankruptcy plan starts this coming Monday. My law partner and I represent 65 sexual abuse survivors with claims in the bankruptcy. They all voted against the plan and object to confirmation. So I'm pulling together exhibits and preparing my witness questions. Whatever the outcome, there is no question this is the biggest trial I've ever been a part of. 

I probably won't have much time to read in the next few weeks. But I always like to stop by your Book Beginnings posts to see what you are all reading, even when I don't have time to leave comments. Thanks for participating and sharing the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, or just a book you want to highlight. 

MY BOOK BEGINNING

Her initial shock at the height had faded, but if Frances moved closer to the edge, if she tipped her head over the waist-height balustrade, the hysterical sensation returned.

-- from One Night, New York by Lara Thompson. 

I got a copy of Lara Thompson’s debut novel, One Night, New York, from Pegasus Books and it looks terrific! The story takes place on one December night in 1932, when two young women plot to get revenge on a man who has wronged them by pushing him off the top of the Empire State Building.

Buzz about the book uses words like glitter, glamour, noir, bizarre twists, a story of old New York, bohemian, enthralling, and with an unexpected ending.

Sounds perfect!

YOUR BOOK BEGINNINGS

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THE FRIDAY 56

Freda at Freda's Voice hosts another teaser event on Fridays. Participants share a two-sentence teaser from page 56 of the book they are reading -- or from 56% of the way through the audiobook or ebook. Please visit Freda's Voice for details and to leave a link to your post.

MY FRIDAY 56

From One Night, New York:

Two of Mrs. Bianchi's three sons were sitting at the table by the open window, muttering in their own language, playing cards. They'd eaten her with their eyes when she first arrived, then gone back to their game without a greeting.